Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news content in its home state of California if the state government passes legislation forcing tech companies to pay publishers
The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Hermansaid on Wednesday it would remove news content in its home state of California if the state government passed legislation forcing tech companies to pay publishers.
The proposed California Journalism Preservation Act would require "online platforms" to pay a "journalism usage fee" to news providers whose work appears on their services, aimed at reversing a decline in the local news sector. In a tweeted statement, Meta spokesman Andy Stone called the payment structure a "slush fund" and said the bill would primarily benefit "big, out-of-state media companies under the guise of aiding California publishers."
The statement was Meta's first on the California bill specifically, although the company has been waging similar battles over compensation for news publishers at the federal level and in countries outside the United States.if the U.S. Congress passed a bill that closely resembles the proposed California legislation.
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